Patents by Inventor James W. Winter

James W. Winter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160097552
    Abstract: A cooling system for a nuclear plant main Control Room Habitability System that employs a vortex tube interposed between a compressed air supply and the control room. The relatively cold air output from the vortex tube is fed into the control room or the electrical equipment room while the relatively hot air exiting the vortex tube is exhausted to the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Jeff T. Dederer, James W. Winters, Todd Sutton
  • Patent number: 5720036
    Abstract: A data processing system includes client workstations, mass storage devices, input-output peripherals, and a server subsystem. The server subsystem includes a security server that accepts user information from a workstation and grants a security ticket to the workstation in response to the user's authorization level. The server subsystem also includes a volume manager that controls object storage to, and retrieval from, the mass storage subsystem. The volume manager caches objects related to a requested object. A domain server maintains a server map relating server names to physical network addresses, a volume map relating volume names to a corresponding volume manager, and a family map relating volume family names to a corresponding volume manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Network Imaging Corporation
    Inventors: Philip N. Garfinkle, Sawat Hansirisawat, Michael McDonald, James W. Winter